Chromatium okenii

Chromatium okenii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Chromatiales
Family:	Chromatiaceae
Genus:	Chromatium
Species:	C. okenii
Binomial name
	Chromatium okenii; (Ehrenberg 1838) Perty 1852 ; (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms
	Monas okenii Ehrenberg 1838; Rhabdomonas rosea Cohn 1875; Spirillum violaceum Warming 1875; Bacterium okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Trevisan 1879; Beggiatoa roseopersicina Zopf 1883; Rhabdochromatium roseum (Cohn 1875) Winogradsky 1888; Rhabdochromatium fusiforme Winogradsky 1888; Bacillus okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Trevisan 1889; Mantegazzea winogradskyi Trevisan 1889; Mantegazzea rosea (Cohn 1875) Trevisan 1889; Pseudomonas okenii (Ehrenberg 1838) Migula 1895; Thiospirillum violaceum (Warming 1875) Migula 1900; Chromatium densegranulatum Skuja 1948;

Chromatium okenii is a Gram-negative bacterium found in water. It is a purple sulfur bacterium.^[1] These bacteria are capable of photosynthesis and use Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) as an electron donor for CO₂ reduction and so do not produce oxygen. This type of photosynthesis is called anoxygenic photosynthesis. Chromatium okenii is anaerobic and the cells are slightly curved or straight rods.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria

Chromatium J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature

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